Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy Reduces Antibiotic Use for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in a United States Medical Center: Results of a Clinical Trial

BACKGROUND: European trials using procalcitonin (PCT)-guided antibiotic therapy for patients with lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) have demonstrated significant reductions in antibiotic use without increasing adverse outcomes. Few studies have examined PCT for LRTIs in the United States. M...

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Publicat a:Open Forum Infect Dis
Autors principals: Townsend, Jennifer, Adams, Victoria, Galiatsatos, Panagis, Pearse, David, Pantle, Hardin, Masterson, Mary, Kisuule, Flora, Jacob, Elsen, Kiruthi, Catherine, Ortiz, Paul, Agbanlog, Albert, Jurao, Robert, Stern, Sam, Nayak, Seema, Melgar, Michael, Sama, Jacob, Irwin, Jillian, Mazidi, Cyrus, Psoter, Kevin, McKenzie, Robin
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: Oxford University Press 2018
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6306569/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30619913
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy327
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